WWE 2K21 Cancelled?
Because, quite simply, WWE 2K20 was THAT bad.
How does a franchise possibly bounce back from a complete and utter disaster like WWE 2K20? Why, for starters, you scrap your previously planned ideas for the 2K20 sequel.
According to WWE video game writer Justin Leeper, that is exactly what has happened. Via a reliable source, Leeper claims that WWE 2K21 has now been completely cancelled.
If you remember, late last year saw the future of WWE 2K21 hugely up in the air, with it believed to at that point be 50/50 as to whether the follow-up would be given the green light.
For many gamers, it was expected that the official WWE 2K21 announcement would happen during WrestleMania 36. Of course, that didn’t happen, and now it appears that 2K21 has been axed entirely.
WWE 2K20 is viewed as one of the worst wrestling video games of the modern era, with its glitch-riddled gameplay, its error-prone loading screens, its shockingly bad character models, and its disappointing roster leading to fans and critics alike bashing the game for its sheer unplayability.
Recovering from that disaster was going to take some impressive marketing and PR spin of wizardry proportions, and instead the call was made to scrap those WWE 2K21 plans.
Those itching to get their WWE video game fix, fear not, for 2K is releasing a new WWE game later this year. All that we know about that right now, is that it will be a “different kind” of WWE offering and that the game will be developed by somebody other than Visual Concepts.
An announcement on that mystery game is expected sooner rather than later, and there are still plans to launch WWE 2K22 at some point in 2021.